Africa Speaks!

Africa Speaks!
Africa Speaks!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Walter Futter
Written by	Walter Futter
Produced by	Walter Futter; Paul L. Hoefler
Narrated by	Lowell Thomas
Cinematography	Paul L. Hoefler
Edited by	Walter Futter
Production; company	Mascot Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 15, 1930;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	less than $50,000

Africa Speaks! is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by Lowell Thomas. It is an exploitation film.^[2]

Plot summary

Paul L. Hoefler heads a 1928 expedition to Africa capturing wildlife and tribes on film.

Production

Although the film was shot over the fourteen months of the expedition in the Serengeti and in Uganda, a scene involving an attack by a lion on a native was apparently staged at the Selig Zoo in Los Angeles and involved a toothless lion.^[1] Wildlife footage from the film was later reused in the twelve "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" films.^[3]^{[self-published source]}

Hoefler wrote a book entitled Africa Speaks about the expedition that was published in 1931.^[4]

References in popular culture

The title of the film was parodied in the 1940 cartoon Africa Squeaks and the 1949 Abbott and Costello film Africa Screams.

DVD release

Africa Speaks was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930–1934. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 239–41. ISBN 0-231-11094-4.
^ Donald Crafton (22 November 1999). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-520-22128-4.
^ Driscoll, Jim (2008). Reflections of a "B"-Movie Junkie: A Tribute To, and Homage Of, the "B"-Movie Genre Films of the Saturday Matinees, of Primarily the '40's and '50's. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 293–94. ISBN 978-1-4363-5475-2.
^ Pitts, Michael R. (2010). Columbia Pictures: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7864-4447-2.
^ "Alpha Video - Africa Speaks". Retrieved 2015-06-26.

External links

Africa Speaks! at IMDb
Africa Speaks! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[Doherty-1] Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930–1934. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 239–41. ISBN 0-231-11094-4.

[Crafton1999-2] Donald Crafton (22 November 1999). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-520-22128-4.

[3] Driscoll, Jim (2008). Reflections of a "B"-Movie Junkie: A Tribute To, and Homage Of, the "B"-Movie Genre Films of the Saturday Matinees, of Primarily the '40's and '50's. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 293–94. ISBN 978-1-4363-5475-2.

[4] Pitts, Michael R. (2010). Columbia Pictures: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7864-4447-2.

[5] "Alpha Video - Africa Speaks". Retrieved 2015-06-26.

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